He was flying a Flying Fortress at forty thousand feet 
He was flying a Flying Fortress at forty thousand feet 
He was flying a Flying Fortress at forty thousand feet 
But he ain't gonna fly no more

He didn't see the fighters when they pounced him from the sun 
He didn't see the fighters when they pounced him from the sun 
He didn't see the fighters when they pounced him from the sun 
So he ain't gonna fly no more.

He heard a bang, the plane broke up and spread across the sky 
He heard a bang, the plane broke up and spread across the sky 
He heard a bang, the plane broke up and spread across the sky 
And it ain't gonna fly no more

He jumped without a parachute from forty thousand feet 
He jumped without a parachute from forty thousand feet 
He jumped without a parachute from forty thousand feet 
But he ain't gonna jump no more

They scraped him off the tarmac like a dollop of strawberry jam
They scraped him off the tarmac like a dollop of strawberry jam
They scraped him off the tarmac like a dollop of strawberry jam
And he ain't gona jump no more

They spread him on a postcard and they sent him home to Mum 
They spread him on a postcard and they sent him home to Mum 
They spread him on a postcard and they sent him home to Mum 
'cause he ain't gonna jump no more

They buried him in a matchbox at the bottom of the yard 
They buried him in a matchbox at the bottom of the yard 
They buried him in a matchbox at the bottom of the yard 
'cause he ain't gonna jump no more

His ghost jumps without a parachute from forty thousand feet 
His ghost jumps without a parachute from forty thousand feet 
His ghost jumps without a parachute from forty thousand feet 
And he's gonna keep on jumping evermore

Chorus : Gory, Gory, what a terrible way to die
Gory Gory what a terrible way to die
Gory Gory. what a terrible way to die
And he ain't gonna jump no more